#impersonation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #impersonation, aggregated by home.social.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/687017/ Michigan senior cashed out $270,000 in pensions after fake FTC agent threatened her with arrest over bogus charges #BogusCharges #Business #CBSDetroit #DaveRamsey #Éire #FederalTradeCommission #HazelParkPoliceDepartment #IE #impersonation #Ireland #Michigan #PensionAccounts #PersonalFinance #PersonalInformation #PersonalFinance
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File this under - you should know better ... but this is why scammers keep trying!
Scofflaws try to impersonate FBI on social media.
Scenario 1 = scammers create fraudulent social media profiles and pages impersonating FBI personnel, and/or they infiltrate online groups for fraud victims and may attempt or contact victims directly.
Scenario 2 = victim is contact by fake FBI personnel and directs victims to a fake IC3 update page to report a scam or continues communicating through messaging apps.
NOTE: FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) doesn’t have a social media presence of any kind, and it doesn’t investigate crimes or offer to recover lost funds through social media.
“IC3 will never directly communicate with individuals via phone, email, social media, phone apps, online chat, or public forums.” https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/07/20/scammers-impersonate-fbi-on-social-media-prey-on-crime-victims/5275224 #FBI #Scammers #Scam #Fraud #FBI_IC3 #Internet #InternetCrime #CyberCrime #SocialMedia #Impersonation #Law #LawEnforcement
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Book Festival Scams, Interview Fakes: Two New AI-Driven Impersonation Scams to Avoid
Have you recently received an email invitation to be a featured guest at a book festival or conference event? Or to be interviewed on a radio show or podcast? Literary agents, publishers, and major production companies don’t typically cold-call authors. That unexpected “endorsement” from Amazon Studios, or expression of interest from a Big 5 editor, Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/05/08/book-festival-scams-interview-fakes-two-new-ai-driven-impersonation-scams-to-avoid#AIscams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams #Solicitation
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Watch Out For This Scam Impersonating Editors at Major Publishing Houses
I’ve recently gotten a slew of reports of emails purporting to be from editors at Big 5 and other large publishers, in which the supposed editor expresses interest in the writer’s work and asks whether they have a literary agent. I’ve posted a number of examples below. Apologies for so many images, but I wanted Read More
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https://writerbeware.blog/2026/03/27/watch-out-for-this-scam-impersonating-editors-at-major-publishing-houses#OverseasScams #PublishingScams #ArtificialIntelligence #Impersonation #NigerianAIscams
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Duolingo Goes “AI-First” – DTNSB 5008
US Congress passed the bipartisan Take It Down Act, and Bodie Grimm shares two EV models that you need to know about.
Starring Jason Howell, Shannon Morse, and Bodie Grimm.
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Engadget: AI Researchers Secretly Experimented on Reddit Users
404 Media: Reddit Threatens Legal Action Over AI Experiments
#adapters #affiliateLinks #AI #AIExperiment #AIFirst #Amazon #Android #automotiveTrends #bipartisan #BodieGrimm #broadband #carPrices #chargeOnlyCable #ChatGPT #consumerElectronics #contractors #dataEthics #deepfakes #DenmarkStudy #Duolingo #eCommerce #economicImpact #economists #electricVehicles #endOfService #ethics #Europe #EVs #generativeAI #GoogleCompetitor #impersonation #internetAccess #jobAutomation #JuiceJacking #KilowattPodcast #Kuiper #legalAction #legislation #LG #LGBridge #lowEarthOrbit #nonconsensualContent #NorthAmerica #OnePlus #onlineSafety #OpenAI #OTAUpdates #phoneSupport #priceDrop #privacy #productRecommendations #productivity #rChangemyview #Reddit #refunds #revengePorn #ruralAreas #satelliteInternet #security #shopping #smartphones #smartwatch #softwareUpdates #Starlink #TakeItDownAct #tariffs #travelSafety #UniversityOfZurich #USCongress #USPricing #USBCondom #USBC #Watch3 #workplaceAutomation
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Bluesky's use of domains to verify users has opened the door to cybersquatting and impersonation, as domains lack sufficient social proof for most people. #Bluesky #Cybersquatting #Impersonation #SocialProof #OnlineSecurity #TechConcerns #DigitalIdentity #CyberSecurity #Web3 #SocialMedia
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Bluesky's use of domains to verify users has opened the door to cybersquatting and impersonation, as domains lack sufficient social proof for most people. #Bluesky #Cybersquatting #Impersonation #SocialProof #OnlineSecurity #TechConcerns #DigitalIdentity #CyberSecurity #Web3 #SocialMedia
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Bluesky's use of domains to verify users has opened the door to cybersquatting and impersonation, as domains lack sufficient social proof for most people. #Bluesky #Cybersquatting #Impersonation #SocialProof #OnlineSecurity #TechConcerns #DigitalIdentity #CyberSecurity #Web3 #SocialMedia
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One very interesting charge brought against Trump & his co-conspirators in Georgia is
"conspiracy to commit impersonating a public officer", especially when looking at Rudy Giuliani, who used to be called "America's mayor" years ago.
Concerning the number of charges Rudy's playing in the same RICO league as Trump today: 13.https://www.newsweek.com/full-list-trump-allies-named-georgia-indictment-1819729
#RuleOfLaw #AccountabilityNow #JusticeMatters #Georgia #FaniWillis #Raffensperger #Trump #OrganizedCrime #CriminalNetwork #Overthrow #ElectoralFraud #Coercion #Extortion #BreachOfOath #FalseStatements #Impersonation #Forgery #FalseDocuments